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Government to deliver first new PoR smartcards to Afghan refugees Format ISLAMABAD, 25 May 2021 – Pakistan’s National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) issued today the first new biometric identity smartcards to Afghan refugees registered in the country. The new Proof of Registration (PoR) cards are legally recognized proof of identity and include enhanced security features. This card issuance is part of the government-led and UNHCR-supported Documentation Renewal and Information Verification Exercise (DRIVE). This exercise is currently verifying the information of 1.4 million r...

English News and Press Release on Pakistan about Health and Epidemic; published on 04 May 2021 by UNHCR

Celestin Njamen Launches New Party This was in a press conference yesterday, April 21, at the La Chaumiere hall in Douala. The Cameroonian political landscape has been enriched with the creation of a new political party. The Patriotic and Republican Alliance, APAR, legalized on April 6th, was launched in a press conference of Wednesday April 21st at La Chaumiere restaurant in Douala by the president of the party, Celestin Djamen. Lire aussi : Vaccination Against Covid-19 : PM Dion Ngute Takes Lead Speaking on the occasion, Celestin Djamen said he decided to create a political party in order ...

15 April 2021   |  Français A young Afghan refugee is biometrically registered for a smartcard at a centre in Rawalpindi, Pakistan.  © UNHCR/Asif Shahzad UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, welcomes the launch today of a country-wide campaign in Pakistan to verify and update the data of some 1.4 million registered Afghan refugees and to issue them with smart identity cards. The last large-scale verification of refugees in the country was undertaken 10 years ago. The exercise will boost Pakistan’s efforts, with UNHCR’s support, to enhance protection for refugees. The new smartcards will ...

Towards the implementation of the MIRPS in Central America & Mexico Format Context Impacted by increasingly complex forced displacement situations, Central America hosts hundreds of thousands of people who have fled their homes, either within or across their country’s borders, in search of safety. This includes IDPs in El Salvador, Honduras and Mexico; together with refugees and asylum-seekers from the northern Central American countries who have fled chronic gang violence, persecution and insecurity. The vast majority of refugees and asylum-seekers from these countries are hosted in Mexico...